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Term of the Road Dictionary

ageing process

  • Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / English
  • Theme : Operations Asset Management and Maintenance Asset Management
  • Definition : Third or last portion of the bathtub curve, which identifies the increasing probability of failure of a system, equipment or component as it approaches the end of its service life.

Alterungsprozess

  • Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / German
  • Theme : Betrieb Erhaltung und Instandhaltung (syn. Asset management AT) Erhaltung
  • Definition : Dritter oder letzter Teil der Wannenkurve, die die steigende Wahrscheinlichkeit für das Versagen eines Systems, eines Ausstattungselementes oder einer Komponente gegen Ende ihrer Lebensdauer erkennen lässt (Ausfallkurve).